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Couchbase Inc. yesterday released version 4.0 of its Couchbase Server NoSQL database, introducing a new SQL-compatible query language that expands the potential use cases of the platform and, according to the company, gives it the edge over rival databases offered by companies …
Sony’s semiconductor business to go it alone in organizational reshuffle
Sony Corp. is about to undergo a bit of an organizational reshuffle with the announcement that it’s to spin off its semiconductor business and reshape its Devices division. In about six months time, Sony Semiconductor Solutions will split from the rest of …
Rackspace is now a fanatical supporter of AWS | #AWSreinvent
Fanatical support specialist Rackspace Inc. has confirmed rumors that first emerged last week, announcing it will now sell and support Amazon Web Services’ cloud, in a similar deal to what it previously inked with Microsoft. On Tuesday at AWS re:Invent, Rackspace launched …
IDC: The enterprise is throwing money at the cloud
International Data Corp. (IDC) has gone out on a limb with the prediction that cloud IT infrastructure will account for a third of all enterprise IT infrastructure spending this year. IDC’s latest survey estimates that total worldwide spending on cloud IT infrastructure …
Basho revs up Riak TS for the Internet of Things
Basho Technologies Inc., the company behind the development of the popular Riak NoSQL database, has just released a version designed explicitly for the Internet of Things. Called Riak TS, or “Riak Time Series”, the database now stands alongside Riak S2, the cloud …
Amazon to launch analytics service, super-fast database at AWS re:Invent?
Amazon Web Services is rumored to be announcing two major new product launches at its AWS re:Invent conference later today, including a new data analytics service and a “super-fast” database, according to reports. Analytics on AWS The Wall Street Journal claims that …
Elliott gives EMC 3 week deadline over Federation break-up
The activist investor that’s been manipulating things behind the scenes at EMC Corp. has given the company until the end of this month to decide if it’ll give into its demands to sell off VMware Inc. as a way of maximizing shareholder …
AWS adds Elasticsearch to its growing cloud service roster
Amazon Web Services last week introduced Elasticsearch (Amazon ES) on the AWS cloud. The service adds yet another NoSQL-based Big Data analytics option to its ever-expanding roster of cloud services. Elasticsearch is an open-source framework based on Java that’s designed to search …
Hortonworks Big Data Scorecard paves the way for Hadoop
Hortonworks Inc., wants to make it easier for organizations to become data-driven by showing them how they can put Hadoop to the best possible use. To that end, the company has unveiled a new “Big Data Scorecard” for organizations to fill in. …
Google, Microsoft sign peace deal in patent dispute
Google and Microsoft have called a truce in their long-running patent disputes, agreeing to drop all legal cases against one another. The two tech giants inked a secret settlement late last month, although the terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. …